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LAST WEEK, BBC News reported: “Africa has been declared free from wild polio virus by the independent body, the Africa Regional Certification Commission. “Polio usually affects children under five, sometimes...

CLASP, which works with Wokingham people who have learning disabilities, is continuingto meet virtually during the pandemic. The sessions are open to all and run on a twice-weekly basis, all...

"The money we raise from Reading Legal Walk will go towards keeping the organisation open — it’s that simple.”

A 30-YEAR-OLD man from Bracknell has pleaded guilty to driving over a level crossing, causing a train to derail in Wokingham just before Christmas last year. Claudiu Ilinca, 30 and...

AFTER establishing itself as a makeshift settlement in Winnersh, Spoonyville has been moved. The collection of spoons, painted and decorated as people, began in April as local residents got creative...

AFTER SPENDING 11 summers in the Ionian Sea, a sailor has turned author and released a book of his adventures. Robin Lamb, 77, who grew up in Essex but now...

AN ACADEMIC at the University of Reading has been named the best PhD supervisor in the UK. Professor Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy, from the Reading School of Pharmacy, was named PhD Supervisor...

AFTER A BUSY six weeks, a Woodley organisation is taking time to reflect on its first summer in operation. Launched in June, Woodley Lunch Bunch has distributed more than 600...

EVEN THOUGH the Government’s Eat Out To Help Out scheme is over, dining out doesn’t have to be expensive. A number of restaurants across the borough have pledged to continue...

IT WAS a dry, but chilly bank holiday weekend, and all the worse for us missing Wokingham Festival due to the coronavirus. An online event made up for some of...